University College Cork

1. Home
2. Computer Science
3. People
4. Michael O'Sullivan

‍

Biography

I received my BSc. in Computer Science from UCC in 2012, and started my PhD in the same year, under the supervision of Dr. Dan Grigoras. I successfully received an IRCSET EMBARK award, my application for which was sponsored by Professor Cormac Sreenan and Dr. John Herbert, and my research is funded under this scheme. My research is in the area of mobile cloud computing, where I am looking at models of integration between mobile applications and cloud resources, to provide an integrated user experience on mobile devices. This research also involves areas such as context awareness, mobile cloud middleware SOA in the cloud (in particular, service description and discovery), and mobile cloud resource management.

I am also currently a lab demonstrator for BSc. and MSc. modules lectured by Dr. Grigoras.

Outside of university, I am very passionate in my hobby of civil aviation, and I take flying lessons with the aim of obtaining a Private Pilot's License.‍

Research Interests

‍

Publications

‍

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	'Mobile Cloud Application Models Facilitated by the CPA' Michael J. O'Sullivan, Dan Grigoras (2015) 'Mobile Cloud Application Models Facilitated by the CPA'. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems, 2 (4)   [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Integrating Mobile and Cloud Resources Management using the Cloud Personal Assistant' Michael J. O'Sullivan, Dan Grigoras (2015) 'Integrating Mobile and Cloud Resources Management using the Cloud Personal Assistant'. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 50 :20-41   [DOI] [CORA Link] [Details]

‍

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	The 4th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Cloud Computing, Services, and Engineering (MobileCloud) Michael J. O'Sullivan, Dan Grigoras (2016) Context Aware Mobile Cloud Services: A User Experience Oriented Middleware for Mobile Cloud Computing The 4th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Cloud Computing, Services, and Engineering (MobileCloud) Oxford, England, UK, , 29-MAR-16 - 01-MAY-16 [Details]
	(2015)	IEEE 4th International Conference on Mobile Services Michael J. O'Sullivan, Dan Grigoras (2015) Delivering Mobile Cloud Services to the User: Description, Discovery, and Consumption IEEE 4th International Conference on Mobile Services New York City, New York, USA, , 27-JUN-15 - 02-JUL-15 , pp.49-56 [CORA Link] [Details]
	(2014)	The 2nd International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud-2014) Michael J. O'Sullivan, Dan Grigoras (2014) Mobile Cloud Contextual Awareness with the Cloud Personal Assistant The 2nd International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud-2014) Barcelona, Spain, , 27-AUG-14 - 29-AUG-14 [DOI] [CORA Link] [Details]
	(2013)	MOBILWARE 2013 Michael J. O'Sullivan, Dan Grigoras (2013) Mobile Cloud Application Models Facilitated by the CPA . In: Paolo Bellavista, Morris Chang, Axel Küpper eds. MOBILWARE 2013 Bologna, Italy, , 11-NOV-13 - 12-NOV-13 , pp.20-28   [DOI] [CORA Link] [Details]
	(2013)	eChallenges 2013 Michael J. O'Sullivan, Dan Grigoras (2013) The Mobile Cloud – more than a cloud . In: Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham eds. eChallenges 2013 Malahide, Dublin, , 09-OCT-13 - 11-OCT-13 , pp.1-8 [CORA Link] [Details]
	(2013)	ISPDC 2013 Michael J. O'Sullivan, Dan Grigoras (2013) User Experience of Mobile Cloud Applications - Current State and Future Directions . In: Nicolae Tapus, Dan Grigoras, Rodica Potolea, Florin Pop eds. ISPDC 2013 Bucharest, Romania, , 27-JUN-13 - 30-JUN-13 , pp.85-92   [DOI] [CORA Link] [Details]
	(2013)	SOSE 2013 Michael J. O'Sullivan, Dan Grigoras (2013) The Cloud Personal Assistant for Providing Services to Mobile Clients SOSE 2013 San Francisco Bay, USA, , 26-MAR-13 - 28-MAR-13 , pp.478-485   [DOI] [CORA Link] [Details]

‍

Professional Activities

‍

Honours and Awards

	Year	Title	Awarding Body
	2014	College of Science, Engineering & Food Science Student Nominated Outstanding Postgraduate Demonstrator Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning	University College Cork
	2013	Winner of Grand Plan Category, UCC Doctoral Showcase	University College Cork
	2012	EMBARK Scholarship	Irish Research Council (formerly Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology at award time)
	2012	Title of College Scholar	University College Cork
	2011	Title of College Scholar	University College Cork
	2010	Title of College Scholar	University College Cork
	2009	Title of College Scholar	University College Cork

‍

Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)	Graduate Student Member	/
	Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)	Graduate Student Member	/

‍

Employment

	Employer	Position	From / To
	M/A-COM Technology Solutions	Software Developer	04-APR-11 / 16-SEP-11
	Cork University Hospital	Software Developer	26-JUL-10 / 01-OCT-10

‍

Education

	Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
	2012	University College Cork	BSC COMPUTER SCIENCE	Computer Science - Single Honours

‍

Teaching Activities

‍

Teaching Interests

I am a postgraduate lab demonstrator for the following BSc and MSc modules, all of which are lectured by my supervisor, Dr. Dan Grigoras:

BSc:
CS2506: Operating Systems II
CS3311: Middleware

MSc:
CS6312: Mobile Devices and Systems
CS6313: Services and Mobile Middleware

My responsibilities for these labs include assisting students, presenting new material, creating and setting assignments (including creating related lab sheets and materials such as code), and grading of students work.

In June 2014, I won the College of SEFS Student Nominated Outstanding Postgraduate Demonstrator Award for my teaching work in the lab sessions.

I also assist in the supervision of Dr. Grigoras's MSc students completing their thesis projects.

In the past, while still an undergraduate student, I gave weekly tuition sessions to students of the CS2500 Software Development module, while also helping out in some lab sessions for the same module.

In UCC, I have completed the following postgraduate modules aimed at research students involved in teaching, all of which are offered by Ionad Bairre, the Teaching and Learning Centre:

PG6003: Teaching and Learning for Graduate Studies, 2013.
PG6012: Scholarly Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2014.